Zaō Quasi-National Park | |
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蔵王国定公園 | |
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Location | Tōhoku, Japan |
Coordinates | 38°05′28″N 140°26′24″E / 38.091°N 140.44°E [1] |
Area | 396.35 km2 (153.03 sq mi) |
Established | 8 August 1963 |
Governing body | Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture |
Zaō Quasi-National Park (蔵王国定公園, Zaō Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park that extends in the Ōu Mountains between Miyagi and Yamagata Prefectures, Japan. Established in 1963, the central feature of the park is Mount Zaō. [2] [3] [4] It is rated a protected landscape (Category V) according to the IUCN. [5]
Like all quasi-national parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural governments, in this case, that of Yamagata and Miyagi prefectures. [6]